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How Insomnia Is Created by Fear of Insomnia

Here I am. It's well past 1:00 a.m. and I'm still up, struck by an erratic bout of insomnia. Never mind that I have to go to work in a few hours, or that it's a good four hours past my typical bed time-- for some reason, I cannot go to sleep, and like so many Americans, I have turned to the Internet to find a cure.

I discover that there are many websites dedicated to curing insomnia. A few tips that stand out:

For the veteran insomniac, these tips are probably well ingrained. But as a fledgling sleep-deprived person, they are news to me. And while these suggestions are indeed handy, they are not much help, considering: I don't have sleeping pills at this moment, I'm not particularly stressed out about anything and it has been more than six hours since I've eaten anything.

Still, I do love how No. 2 simply states that you should "stop worrying." Anyone who has ever worried about something knows the impossibility of stopping it as he or she pleases. Worrying is like a forest fire-- it usually just grows and grows until extinguished by greater forces than itself.

Interestingly, I conduct some further research into insomnia and am disturbed by what I find. Some studies suggest that insomnia may actually increase the likelihood of having a heart attack or contracting diabetes, so if you weren't originally worrying about something stressful, you are now.

It even turns out that chronic insomnia is also linked to a higher risk of depression and death.

Needless to say, I am now completely stressed out and even further from a goodnight's sleep. An hour into my insomnia, and I am in panic mode-- already planning my will and feeling gloomy that I still haven't seen the Northern Lights during my short stay on earth.

I know research studies are meant to enlighten and to help explain the nature of people and their personalities, but sometimes, I think that they do a better job of freaking people out and driving them toward insanity.

In other words, my insomnia may have occurred as a one-time fluke, but it is currently thriving on my very fear of it.

Sadly, I have no advice for anyone who is up at this God-awful hour with me tonight, except: Do not google 'psychology insomnia.'

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